Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the Home Secretary whether, when bombed goods stored by local authorities are destroyed by fire, the responsibility for insurance rests on the authority or on the owner?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe responsibility for insurance in such cases rests on the owner, and local authorities were requested in January last to inform owners of furniture stored by them of an arrangement made by the fire offices committee of the insurance companies to cover this class of case.